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Wed 09 Sep 2007Argentina add bonus point in injury timePool D Argentina ... 33 Georgia ... 3:  Argentine hooker Mario Ledesma, standing on the sideline, turned to a team-mate and wiped imaginary perspiration from his brow. It was a gesture to acknowledge a try from wing Federico Martin Aramburu six minutes into injury time at the end of this World Cup encounter in Lyon.It was Argentina's fourth, thereby securing a bonus point that for most of last night's game they didn't look like managing. Georgia were magnificent in terms of character and commitment but ultimately it was their naivety that cost them, and possibly by extension Ireland, dearly.